Written by

Nick Gunter

Contributing Writer

School spirit was in full bloom after Homecoming’s Spear-It Night talent show brought FSU one day closer to Friday’s Pow-Wow and Saturday’s game against Syracuse.

Students gathered outside the Union Ballroom Tuesday night, eager to watch and support friends in the show. Everyone waited for the doors to open and the talent show to begin. Apple pie and brownies were provided to eat and hot chocolate stations helped to wash the desserts down.

The show began just before 7 p.m. and opened with the “Social Hour” performances – acts that were not part of the competition but served to warm up the crowd. All the while, students continued to flood into the ballroom, filling the allotted seats and forcing stragglers to stand back against the walls.

The lights turned down and hosts Suzanne Peterson and Jonathon Koch took the stage to welcome everyone and present the evening. Spear-it Night’s talent competition consisted of three categories: Talent, Garnet and Gold Hymn and Biggest Fan on Campus.

Donovan Wiseman was the first act of the competition to take stage. Accompanied with his acoustic guitar, he sang a medley of country songs. The audience clapped along somewhat awkwardly as they tried to keep up with the mix of popular hits.

Following Wiseman, a student sang an interesting musical performance titled “In Short” from “Edges: A Song Cycle” that had the crowd laughing. The night was off to a good start.

More competitors followed one after another up to the stage. They brought with them pleasant harmonies, vibrant dances and comedic remixes to ’90s hits. The audience watched with joy and excitement. Some were unable to refrain from applause before performances ended.

The students showed love for their friends and university, inhaling and exhaling Garnet and Gold spirit with each breath taken. Surrounded by so much pride and joy, it seemed difficult to keep a level head.

The show came to a conclusion and, like all competitions, winners were to be chosen. The night’s contestants walked onto the stage in their designated categories holding numbers while the audience submitted votes through text messaging as fast as they could. After a brief deliberation among the judges, the votes were tallied.

The winners were as follows:

Talent: Phi Mu Alpha took the win for their wonderful choral tribute to the Garnet and Gold

Hymn: Catholic Student Union won with their version of the “Hymn” and the comedic twist at the end.

BFOC: The dynamic duo of Ashley and Kitty took this title for their hash tag parody skit and quirky remixes of old hip-hop songs.

Overall, Spear-It Night was a successful endeavor to lift school spirit and prepare the student body for the upcoming game. Friday’s Pow-Wow is sure to please all those who come and on Saturday, we should see the Seminoles take Syracuse to raise their record to 10-0.